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Apple M5 Ultra512GBOllama v0.31L2 Cross-framework verified

This page aggregates 1 real-world runs of Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512 (Q3_K_S) on Apple M5 Ultra with Ollama, contributed by 1 independent source platforms; metrics are averages of published measurements.

125.07 tok/s

Decode

Decode speed

471.87 tok/s

Prefill

Prefill speed

0.18 s

TTFT

Time to first token

13.02 GB

VRAM

VRAM usage

L2 Cross-framework verified

1

Measured runs

1

Independent sources

Other

Source platforms

11 days ago

Last verified

Performance

  1. llama.cpp · Q5_K_M Decode 84.63 · Prefill 432.9 ·
  2. Ollama · Q3_K_S (current)Decode 125.07 · Prefill 471.87 ·

Core figures

Decode (avg)
125.07 tok/s
Prefill (avg)
471.87 tok/s
TTFT (avg)
0.18 s
VRAM (avg)
13.02 GB
MTP acceptance rate
—
TTFB
1 GB
Power draw
110.3 W

Configuration

Member-level fields are taken from the most recent run

Model
Ministral-3-8B-Instruct-2512
Quantization
Q3_K_S
Framework
Ollama
Version
v0.31
Context length
8192 tokens
Batch size
256
GPU layers
28
Flash Attention
Off

Hardware

Nominal and measured figures are shown side by side; whether it runs is the reader's call

GPU
Apple M5 Ultra
Nominal VRAM
512 GB
Measured VRAM (avg)
13.02 GB
OS
macOS 26.1
Power draw
110.3 W

Sources & evidence

1 measured records in total, each traceable to its original source

  1. L2 Cross-framework verifiedOtherOriginal link Verified on 2026-10-24

    v0.31 · macOS 26.1 · 8192 ctx

    125.07 tok/s

    Decode

    471.87 tok/s

    Prefill

    0.18 s

    TTFT

    13.02 GB

    VRAM

    —

    MTP

    110.3 W

    Power draw

    L2 batch seed 2026-10-24: Ollama on hw_id=29 running model_id=74 at Q3_K_S